9:00-10:00 AM, 303 Doe Library
Present: T.Leonard (chair), D.Duer, E.Dupuis, C.Eckman, C.Faulhaber, S.Hinojosa, B.Hurley, B.Krell (recorder), L.Leighton, B.Quigley, M.Rancer, D.Rudolph (guest), I.Stirling, D.Sullivan, S.Wong, F.Yasaki (guest)
Absent: P.Zhou
AGENDA
1. Announcements
2. Planning for the Library Holiday Party
3. Facilities updates
4. SDC and Diversity Initiative
5. Capital campaign planning
6. WorldCat pilot
7. Google briefing on October 26
M I N U T E S
1. Announcements
Tom Leonard reported that Pauline Yu, President of the American Council of Learned Societies, gave the keynote address on October 18, at the opening session of events celebrating the new C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Dr.Yu, also a past dean of humanities at UCLA, noted three important people at Berkeley she deemed most supportive: the past head of the East Asian Library, former Chancellor Tien, and Doe circulation staff member Joyce Ford.
After C.V. Starr East Asian Library’s dedication, James Soong, past governor of Taiwan and a former political science student who also worked in EAL/CCSL while completing his studies at UC Berkeley, contributed a one-time gift of $100K, and additional $30K in annual support to the new Starr Library.
The New Directions blog is up and running and can be found at:
http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/newdirections.php
The bloggers include Harrison Dekker, David de Lorenzo, Tim Dennis, Jennifer Dorner, Gail Ford, Sheehan Grant, Terry Huwe, Lynn Jones, John Kupersmith, Brian Light, Mary Ann Mahoney, Pat Maughan, Karen Munro, Jesse Silva.
Library staff are encouraged to check it out and add their own guest blog comments at:
http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/wikis/NDwiki/uploads/Main/guest_blog.html
On October 30, Stanford and UC Berkeley selectors met at The Faculty Club for a cooperative collection development workshop, followed by a late afternoon reception in the Morrison Library.
Charles Faulhaber reported that Bancroft Library has formed a committee to review its 5-year strategic plan. Committee membership includes Chuck Eckman, members of the UCB faculty, and Bancroft staff.
Two members of campus IST-Data Services, Director David Greenbaum and Program Manager Rich Meyer, will attend the Library’s Roundtable meeting on November 8. Their presentation will include information about a grant proposal to the Mellon Foundation for a long-term project supporting arts and humanities digital scholarship.
David Duer invited Cabinet members to send him more ideas for foundation grant proposals.
Professor Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate and author, is the featured speaker at the Annual Dinner in the Library for donors on November 2. The speaker’s program is in the Morrison Library, followed by a reception in the Brown Gallery and dinner in the Doe North Reading Room.
Susan Wong reminded Cabinet about the Open Enrollment period, November 1-27, during which time employees can make changes in their selection of health care plans. Central campus will mail newsletters and Library Human Resources will send email instructions to assist staff in making informed decisions. In addition, Q&A sessions will be scheduled in 303 Doe for library staff, and campus is conducting conference calls on Tuesdays and Thursdays in November to answer staff questions regarding plan changes.
2. Planning for the Library Holiday Party – December 14
This year’s Library Holiday Party will be in the new C.V. Starr East Asian Library on Friday, December 14, 3:00-5:00 PM. Susan Wong will take the lead in organizing volunteers with the assistance of Kathryn Wayne. Decorations in the new building will be minimal and limited to table displays provided by the caterer. Mike Rancer will work with the caterer at the Bancroft Hotel regarding food and table décor. Bernie Hurley and his crew will operate the bar. Lee Leighton will head the security team. The tradition of raffle prizes will be continued. Susan welcomed additional volunteers.
3. Facilities updates
Fred Yasaki provided updates on several library facilities projects currently in-progress.
The C.V. Starr East Asian Library was dedicated on October 20. Construction is still ongoing, with Steelcase furniture installation scheduled mid-November. EAL technical services staff will move into the new building after Thanksgiving. Collections are moving from various locations into the Starr Library during January-March. The library will open to the public in March 2008.
Library Space Planning is working with Library Systems on the assignment of IP addresses for Doe Annex. Substantial completion of the Doe Annex seismic project is expected mid-April, with furniture installations during May-June. In July, collections will begin returning to the renovated Bancroft Library spaces. The Bancroft Library/Doe Annex 2008 Surge Team with representatives from all units has been formed. The team coordinator is Randal Brandt.
Planning will begin soon for the 180 Doe Salon (formerly the PNM space in 150 Doe).
Furniture orders are in-progress for the Physics Library. The move back into Le Conte Hall is expected during spring semester, perhaps late-January or early-February.
Meetings will begin soon for the Moffitt Library renovation project.
Close out procedures are underway and punch lists are being finalized for the Public Health Library in University Hall. The open house reception is scheduled for November 15.
4. SDC and Diversity Initiative
Susan Wong reported that the Staff Development Committee (SDC) conducted an informational Early Bird for library staff on October 22, and provided a tour of the California Historical Society in San Francisco on October 30. SDC acts as a board of review for represented, non-academic staff applications for funding of educational or career-related activities. More information on the committee is available on their website at:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Staff/SDC/info.html
The October 24th issue of the Berkeleyan highlighted 10 programs approved for funding by the Berkeley Initiative for Leadership on Diversity (BILD). Campus libraries were awarded funding for “Connecting People and Building Community”, a mentoring program throughout the libraries involving both librarian and staff positions. The project team hopes to establish a librarian mentoring model that can be extended beyond librarianship to a number of other library careers as well.
The Diversity Fellowship is a two-year fellowship program, focused on diversity, for a recent graduate of library school. The program is expected to launch in summer 2008.
5. Capital campaign planning
Dave Duer provided copies of Fiat Lux, the Library’s annual report, and reported that the capital campaign is going forward. The “University Library Campaign 2008-2012” will proceed in three stages. Stage one will launch in summer 2008, and focus on leadership gifts of $500K and above. Stage two will run spring 2009 through 2010, and involve gifts of $50K and above. Stage three initiates the public campaign in fall 2009, and culminates in fall 2012. The plan is to raise a total of $80 million for the Library and library programs.
Cabinet praised Deborah Rudolph’s book, “Impressions of the East: Treasures of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley”, containing highlights of the EAL collections. Her publication is available from the Library Development Office for prospective donors.
6. WorldCat pilot
The projected release date for the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot, supported by OCLC’s WorldCat Local (WCL) service, is April 2008. Lee Leighton reported that the HOTS (Heads of Technical Services) group is involved with the various project committees prior to the rollout, and reclamation projects are underway at the UC campuses. Bernie Hurley noted that the WorldCat pilot is a huge and complex project, and decisions regarding the pilot are being made very quickly. The UC Berkeley version of WorldCat Local is likely to look a lot like the University of Washington’s version. For more detailed information on the pilot project see:
http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/uc_oclc.html
7. Google briefing on October 26
The UC system-wide University Librarians group met in Oakland on October 26. Associate University Librarians for Collections and Public Services from the various campuses were invited to attend a portion of the meeting to hear the presentation by representatives of Google. Attendees reported that the Google ideas were confusing in some ways and stimulating in others. It was generally agreed that Google presented some really smart and interesting – if somewhat astonishing – ideas. Although fundamental questions remain about downloads and copyright, University Counsel did not seem alarmed.
The Cabinet meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.
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